Seat-protector for children&#39;s drawers.



- PATENTED JULY 19, 1904;

. D. B. CHAMBERLAIN.

SEAT PROTECTOR FOR CHILDREN'S DRAWERS.

' APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

N l/ E IVTOR 3. 672a) fiat/ain- ATTORNEYS UNITED ST TES Patented July 19, 1904.

PATENT ()FFICE.

DOROTHY B. CHAMBERLAIN, OF FORT D. A. RUSSELL, WYOMING.

SEAT-PROTECTOR FOR CHILDRENS DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,555, dated July 19, 1904.

' Application filed January 27, 1904:. Serial No. 190,838. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DoRo'rHf B. CHAMBER- LAIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fort D. A. Russell, in the county of Laramie and State of Wyoming, have invented a new and Improved Seat-Protector for Childrens Drawers, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Young children of each sex who wear short nether garments known as drawers are liable to take cold and possibly incur severe illness from exposure to dampness of the earth or pavements which they habitually sit upon when taking outdoor exercise in public parks or other places where they have access to the soil or grass as a playground, the short pants or drawers as usually made of muslin being an insuificient covering, failing to protect the wearer against chills and the like.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel, simple, and inexpensive shield of combined waterproof and warm fibrous material that is neat in appearance, is readily attached upon or removed from the drawers, which affords perfect protection from dampness when the wearer sits upon wet grass or ground, which will not interfere with other underwear or the outer dress, will remain invisible, and that will at all times permit the utmost freedom for the lower limbs of the wearer.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described, and indicated in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference'indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the improved shield in position on the rear side of a pair of drawers. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section substantially on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, showing a body-band in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improved protector or shield; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of an edge portion of the improved shield, showing details of construction.

The drawers (shown in Figs. 1 and 2) are of a well-known design, made of suitable fabric, and comprising two short legs A A, joined together and gathered upon a waistband B, which is formed in two equal pieces that meet at the two similar ,plackets C, which are positioned above the hips of the wearer when the garment is donned.

The adjacent end portions B of the waist band B are, as usual, adapted to lap one upon the other at each placket C, and near said ends opposite buttonholes a are formed in the waistband.

D represents the lower portion of a broad band, known generally as a body-band, and which for small children serves as an undergarment, being secured around the chest and upper portion-of the abdomen. As this garment is in common use and-is not a detail of the invention, it is only shown in its lower portion, which serves in the ordinary way as a support for the drawers that have been described. To this end there are a plurality of buttons 6 secured upon the lower portion D of the body-band D, which buttons are engaged in buttonholes a, that are formed in the waistband B of'the drawers, as shown in Fig. 2, and thus afford a detachable connection for the drawers on the body-band.

The improvement, which in use is applied upon the posterior or seat portion of the drawers A, consists in part of an essentially quadrangular piece of thin waterproof material 5, such as gum-coatedcloth, thin oil-cloth, or any suitable fibrous fabric that is rendered impervious to dampness. Upon the side of the material 5 which is innermost in service a piece of fine flannel 6 or similar cold-resisting fabric isifnposed and secured, this reinforcing layer of' material having a like marginal form to that of the gum-cloth shield portion 5. The pieces of material 5 6 are bound together around their raw side and bottom edges by the tape binding 7, which is doubled and lapped around said edges and then sewed thereon, as is indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. Across the remaining transverse edge portion of the joined pieces 5 6, which is uppermost in use, a fibrous band 8 is secured by lapping and sewing the edges of said parts together, and in the band 8 a suitable number of buttonholes a are formed that will be disposed opposite respective buttonholes a in the waistband B, so that the buttons I) after passing through the buttonholes a may in a like manner be inserted through the holes a for attachment of the shield or seat-protector 5 6 upon the waistband B, so as to be in position for intimate contact with the rear side of the drawers A. Short tabs 9, preferably formed of tape, are secured by one end of each tab upon the lower edge of the shield, any suitable number being employed. As shown in Fig. 3, three tabs 9 are provided, two of which are respectively afiixed by one end of each upon a corner of the shield, the remaining tab being located at the transverse center of the shield on its lower edge.

Upon the free ends of the tabs 9 a safetypin 10 is secured in a manner that permits the pin to be engaged with the material of the shield and interlocked therewith.

Opposite each tab 9 two spaced perforations are formed in the material 5 6 of the shield, and these perforations are protected from wear by eyelets d, that are secured therein.

The relative positions of the three pairs of eyeleted holes d are such as adapt each pair of said holes to receive the body of the pin proper of the safety-pin 10, that is secured upon a tab 9 which is directly opposite said perforations.

The safety-pin body is passed down through one perforation into the material of a drawersleg A that the shield has contact with and is then turned'upward and out of the drawersleg, so as to pass through the adjacent perforation of the pair, whereupon the frame of the safety-pin may be interlocked with the pointed end of the pin-body and effect a secure attachment of the shield material 5 6 upon'the drawers. In a like manner the other safety-pins 10 are to be secured after engaging the eyelet-holes (Z and the adjacent portions of the drawers A, which will secure the lower portion of the shield in a proper manner on the posterior portion of the drawers.

As the fabric 5, that is impervious to dampness, is brought into contact with the grass, ground, or pavement when the wearer assumes a sitting posture it will be evident that the portions of the body thus brought into proximity with the cold damp earth or grass will be protected from dampness. It will also be seen that as the lining or'interior portion 6 of the shield is of flannel or the like the cold sensation. that might be transmitted by the waterproof fabric 5 will in a large degree be counteracted by the woolen lining-piece 6,

so that the wearer of the composite shield will be protected against possible bad effect that might result if the shield was not worn.

It is apparent that the manner in which the improved protector is held in place ona pair of drawers enables the easy and quick removal of the same from a soiled garment and its replacement upon one that is clean, and it is one of the meritorious features pertaining to the use of the improvement that the device is very eflective in preventing the soiling of the rear portions of drawers upon which it is applied. v

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A protector or shield for a childs drawers, comprising a nearly-rectangular ply of thin waterproof material, a similarly-shaped plyof woolen fabric secured to the waterproof ply by attaching their edges together, the upper transverse edge of the connected plies having spaced buttonholes therein for receiving buttons on the rear side of an upper garment, the shield covering theseat of the drawers with the waterproof ply outermost, said drawers being likewise connected at the band thereof with the upper garment, tabs on the lower edge of the shield which extend transversely below the seat of the drawers, and pins or the like adapted for removably attaching the tabs upon the legs of the drawers below the seat of said garment.

2. A drawers protector or shield, comprising an essentially quadrangular-shaped ply of thin rubber cloth, a similarly-shaped ply of flannel imposed upon the inner surface of the rubber cloth, binding secured upon the side and lower edges of the shield, a pliable band secured across the upper edge of the shield, and having a plurality of buttonholes formed therein to engage buttons on a body-band, the shield also having a plurality of pairs of eyeleted holes formed therein, two pairs at the respective lower corners and the other pair at the transverse center of the lower edge, a short pliable tabsecured by one end on the shield at its edge opposite each pair of eyeleted holes, and a safety-pin secured on the other end of each tab.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DOROTHY B. CHAMBERLAIN.

Witnesses:

PRESTON BROWN, W. R. STANDIFORD'. 

